I must have fallen asleep because the sun was up and the boys were waiting. Auron was nowhere to be seen, and I just figured that he was having breakfast, just like the boys were wanting. So I got up and waved the boys to go eat. Zaon took off, but Sora asked how they got off the top of the airship.
"Brother and Buddy carried you two. If they hadn't, you two would have flown off and become pudding." I laughed. Buddy overheard as he walked in, and chuckled. Then he asked what pudding was. Sora laughed and took off after his brother, leaving me to explain pudding to Buddy. After I had explained it as well as I could, I headed after the boys to join them. When I got there, Sora was explaining to Zaon that I had to explain pudding to Buddy. And that made both of them laugh. They were almost done eating, but they waited for me to finish my plate. I had gone through a time when they were five and six when I barely ate, and ever after they both watched me like a hawk to make sure I was eating my fill. They didn't know I was barely eating due to depression over raising two boys alone. I had always thought that I would have a father for my children and when they started school, I lost myself for about six months. After that, both of my boys started watching that I was eating and sleeping. I had stopped doing both, for the most part, so they took it as a personal mission to keep me alive now.
"Mom, do you want another plate?" Zaon asked, and Sora nodded. I was full and told them so. As soon as I said that Yuna walked over and asked why they always watched me eat. So I explained. When I was done, she looked at the boys and smiled. The boys then asked how I slept, and I gave them a look.
"Being back here in the land of your father has given me the will to go on. And I have three children to watch over, or I can not face him on the Farplane." I told them, and even Yuna looked surprised. Even though I was ready to be with him, I couldn't leave Yuna and the boys. He would never forgive me. So I had to keep going...so I could look him in the eyes and tell him that his children were safe and happy. Sora seemed to understand, while Zaon and Yuna looked confused. I just smiled and told them that the sphere was bad luck and that maybe we should start thinking about who to give it to. Brother and the others started talking about the pros and cons of both groups, and that was okay with me.
When Yuna had figured out that the sphere would go to the Youth League, everyone whole-heartedly agreed. So our next stop was Mushroom Rock Road. As we landed, Yaibel ran out to meet us. He was so excited! You would have thought that Sin had been defeated again, that was how excited he was. Even Nooj was there to receive us and when we handed him the sphere, the whole group cheered. Brother, Buddy, and Shinra stayed outside the tent to bask in the glory while the rest of us entered the tent with Nooj.
"Did you watch the sphere?" He asked, and Yuna let him know that we did. After he talked about Vegagun for about ten minutes, Buddy came in running saying that the airship was giving off a distress signal. We rushed off to the airship, only to find that we were robbed. And that it was LeBlanc that stole the sphere.
Yuna was on board with stealing into Leblanc's chateau and getting the sphere half back. So now we were on the hunt for uniforms. I knew where we would find them, but we had to go almost everywhere first. I told Brother that I wanted to check on Wakka and Lulu, and Yuna said that it was a good idea. So off we were.
When we got to the entrance of the village, the Aurochs greeted us. As we passed, one of them bowed. That is when we heard him. Beclam from the Youth League. He told the Aurochs that the time of summoners had passed, and of course Rikku had to put her two cents in.
"And just who's Calm do you think it is?!" She said pointing to Yuna. That is when Beclam challenged Yuna to the Gunner's Gauntlet. After hearing the rules, Yuna agreed and set off. When we met her at the beach, where Beclam had been waiting, she had a big goofy grin on her face. I took that as a sign that she had beaten his score. He had hung his head in defeat, and I walked over to him.
"You were defeated by the High Summoner herself. You set the standard, and she showed you that she is strong. Isn't that what you wanted to see?" I asked him. A smile broke out on his face, and he told the Aurochs that had followed after us that they could only bow to the High Summoner Yuna. The Aurochs congratulated Yuna on beating Beclam's challenge. But now we had to make it back to the village.
Getting back was pretty easy, and in no time we were at the entrance again. We checked in on Lulu and Wakka. Wakka was still a nervous wreck, but Lulu was calm. As if she knew what she was doing. After spending a couple hours with Wakka and Lulu, we headed back to the beach for a pickup by the airship.
We boarded and Rikku made a comment about checking on Dona. So that was our next stop. Dona was polite, but told us that it was best to stay out of Kilika for a while. So we had no choice then to reboard the airship.